Deference and Defiance
The Changing Nature of Petitioning in British Naval Dockyards
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9969830 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ken Lunn (corresponding author), Ann Day |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | S9 |
| Pages | 131-150 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of Social History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8590 • E-ISSN: 1469-512X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020859001000359 |
| OpenAlex | W2034887042 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
Petitioning as a method of expressing grievances in British history was not peculiar to any particular set of individuals, but was widely used by all sections of society for a range of issues. Given its origins, however, it became ritualized as the means of labour negotiation for workers who were employed by the state, and, by the nineteenth century, by municipal authorities. This was before the institutionalization of trade unions and their recognition as representative agencies for industrial bargaining. One of these groups of workers in the state sector were naval dockyard employees, engaged in the construction, repair, and maintenance of British naval ships. For these workers, the nature of labour relations, and the importance of petitioning as an instrument of negotiation between employees and employer, was both complex and dynamic
Archaeology · Deference · Economics · Institutionalisation · Labor relations · Management · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Shipbuilding · Shipyard · Sociology · State (computer science · History · Industrial relations · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |